I realized. I’m personally interested the old software in the sense that we can not say that previously logic was “worse” than now. And, yes, oldschool, very like it. .. Again, btw, just read your post about Roland SC-88 🙂 I have Roland RAP-10 bought around 1993, ISA interface, yes thinking about how to….. just found only such a solution – http://arstech.com/install/ecom-prodshow/usb2isar.html

I had SP2 on hand, but didn’t have Sp3, and I honestly didn’t feel like downloading it. I was curious to see how ‘useful’ a SP1/SP2 based machine would be to keep that vintage ’99 feeling.

As always I updated to service pack 2
Hello, why not to sp3, btw ?

I almost loaded steamos, but honestly I grew fatigued of Linux in 1996.

Im using it to run Visual Studio 2003/2005 to deploy some .net stuff to existing Windows 2003 x64 servers. So it’s a chance to basically run the same thing, as XP x64 is the same kernel as 2003 & 2003 x64.

It’s funny that by the numbers my newer Xeon with Windows 10 is faster, but this older thing feels faster.

I see on this wiki page here, that my 5160 is 80watts, while this mobile Xeon you mention is 31/15 watt. Much better power for sure.

For $99 I’m still not complaining about this old klunker. I may put Windows 10 on it again, as my wife’s desktop is getting insanely slow for some reason.

As for nested virtualisation, I’ve usually found it to be pretty stable but have to admit Virtual PC is usually not part of it.

So what will you mainly use this machine for?

Everything costs money, If you want performance, you either pay up front for bigger and more modern processors, or more utility bill, and smaller upfront.

Besides when I’m not using it, I would have this thing powered off, there is no point idling a Xenon.

Yes, pretty much when compared to emulation, the real thing is so much faster! Plus I can run Virtual PC without it crashing anywhere near as often as running it nested.